Word: running
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...been on the Hare and Hounds. We've had a beastly run!" This was the explanation that my chum made when I returned from dinner and found him in the midst of dirt and confusion...
...run to save his pate...
...bucket of water, before the alarm was given. His efforts, however, were unsuccessful, and by the time the engines arrived, the fire had gained headway in room No. 16, where it is supposed to have started, and in the attic. Ladders were immediately raised, and hose was run up, but with so little order that it was some time before a stream was brought to bear on the flames. The firemen paid little attention to the furniture, throwing it from the windows, regardless of consequences. Luckily a number of students joined in the work, and succeeded, by lowering the heavy...
...they'll see 'the telegraph poles' ain't so bad," and Ferdy "hitted 'er up" across the fences, and was soon at the head of the line, and the "whipper in" crying to him not to go so blankety fast or he'll tire out the crowd. As they run up the street Ferdy begins to have, oh, such a pain in his side, and you can hear his heart go thumpety-thump against his ribs. It's a sad day for this slender twig of the Van Rasselas stock. At last, after miles of streets and fields...
MORAL: Don't run with the Hare and Hounds till you've tried it once...